An early morning start for Robert as he was driven to the BBC for an appearance on the Breakfast news. Two segments; one before 9am and one before 10am covered the 50 years of Carry On with clips from favourites like Carry On Nurse and Carry On Cleo and talk of the new film, Carry On London. Then it was back in the car to spend some time (and money!) at the Westminister Film Fayre where good friend Shirley Anne Field was signing.

Several radio appearances with regards the 50th anniversary of Carry On as well as an enjoyable return to Channel 4’s Richard and Judy; this time in the company of glamour girl Valerie Leon and celebrity fan Kate Robbins.

Robert is interviewed for the BBC News website with regards the 50th anniversary of the Carry Ons. To read the article on the BBC News website click here. He is also due to feature on Luke Deal’s afternoon BBC Suffolk radio show on Friday 14th March. As well as the upcoming party at Pinewood Studios on Sunday 16th, which Robert will be attending, the discussion is certain to take in the fact that Carry On London is back in the news. Filming is due to start shortly with a possible release date late this year.

Just recently Robert has been very hard at work putting together material and interviewing contributors for several comedy-based biographies, the subjects of which will be revealed as and when. Meanwhile, ITVDVD have released the eagerly awaited second volume of ‘The John Mills Collection’. The set features seven more classic films: Car of Dreams, Brown on Resolution, The Way to the Stars, The Long Memory, Above Us the Waves, The Vicious Circle and Tiger Bay. The remastered prints come complete with cast and crew profiles by Robert, stills galleries and an exclusive audio commentary with Sir John’s daughter, Hayley Mills and Robert, on Tiger Bay.

The Pinewood event in memory of James Robertson Justice with a British Comedy Society plaque being unveiled in the Hall of Fame and James Hogg’s autobiography, What’s the Bleeding Time?, launched. Muriel Pavlow, JRJ’s co-star in Doctor in the House, Doctor at Large and Murder, She Said!, was the guest of honour. Huge thanks to John and Olive Gatenby and all at Tomahawk Press for a wonderful tribute to a larger than life English eccentric.

Robert was interviewed on BBC Radio York with regards the Radio Times list of television put-downs. Inspired by Gene Hunt’s glorious rants in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, the selection included lines from such classic shows as Fawlty Towers, Dad’s Army and Blackadder. Just before 8am tomorrow morning Robert will be chatting about Brighton’s unique contribution to comedy on BBC Three Counties Radio. And later that day Robert discusses the topic: ranging from Max Miller to Carry On At Your Convenience, on the BBC1 South-East show Inside Out.

Robert will be attending a special tribute to James Robertson Justice at Pinewood Studios on Sunday 2nd March. The studios, the home of such JRJ classics as the Doctor films and Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, will pay host to the British Comedy Society who will unveil a blue plaque to the great actor’s memory and James Hogg who launches his much-anticipated biography, ‘What’s the Bleeding Time?’.

The John Mills Centenary Collection is now available from ITVDVD. Featuring cast and crew profiles, stills galleries and a career celebration booklet compiled by Robert, the eight classic films featured are In Which We Serve, We Dive at Dawn, Waterloo Road, Great Expectations, The October Man, The History of Mr. Polly, Morning Departure and Flame in the Streets. A bonus disc includes Sir John’s personal home movies, ‘Moving Memories’.

The third Big Finish podcast goes live and features Robert picking his top 5 ‘Doctor Who’ audio adventures. The programme is introduced by Colin Baker, recorded during a break from his 6th Doctor duties on Robert’s forthcoming ‘Assassin in the Limelight’. Listen in at: www.bigfinish.com/podcast/

Huge congratulations to Jim Dale; who picked up the Spoken Word Album for Children gong at the 50th Grammys Awards for his essential reading of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’.